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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1925
Page
8
Reading drafts of the Park View bridge plan, two bridge builders were asked to bid after Governor Gore indicated he would discuss options with Fibered groups. Drawings and surveys were sent to firms, with cost estimates pending responses from bridge companies and the Nehuibidr of Commores.
Glendale remains calm after a bombing in a mining town linked to a strife over 16 suspects. Deputies and state police patrol heavily while vigil continues around the mine workings and miners’ homes as workers return.
Local singer and sewing machine agent A Shuster discovers a wicker basket with a note claiming a found baby will be cared for by Mr and Mrs Shuster. He unveils the cover to reveal a dirty poorly clad baby doll, realizing it is a prank.
Secretary of War John W Weeks, who returned to Boston last Saturday to consult physicians about gall bladder trouble, will undergo an operation at Massachusetts General Hospital next Thursday, it was announced today.
Reported May 26 on the Amundsen and five companions flying toward the North Pole from Spitsbergen with two planes and no radio. Experts, including Dr. Nansen, doubtless believe he can handle difficulties, while officers predict possible return on foot if planes are abandoned. Relief plans and international interest loom as storms threaten the Arctic voyage.
Virginia gentleman farmer Harry Thaw resettled in New York after release, appearing at a Broadway cabaret. He reportedly danced with dancer Fawn Gray, champagne flowed, and a $1500 evening drew lavish tips and invitations. Thaw vanished in a taxicab Monday morning amid hotel inquiries. He used the alias Eliot.
A telegram from Spitsbergen to the Shipping Gazette says explorer Amundsen has not yet returned from the north flight. Weather conditions were less favorable today, delaying recovery efforts as Oslo notes the search is ongoing.
Governor Gore ordered a stay of execution for Martin Martino to allow further mental examination after his Harrison county murder conviction. A report said Martino shows marked mental deficiency and reduced responsibility, with May 29 set for a petition date but a stay extending to July 3.
In Charleston West Virginia on May 26 the supreme court affirmed life sentences for John W Hedrick and Arthur Hedrick in Grant county for the killing of Alonzo Sites. Sites was struck with a club during a family quarrel over an abandoned road near farm boundaries of Hedrick and Sites families.
An unofficial vote recheck after the Huntington city election shows Democratic candidate Harvey Taylor leading mayoral race by 20 votes with 12,328 to Republican Dr. W B Neal's 12,208. Commissioner race results show no material change.
Memphis officials identified a second victim recovered from the Mississippi River near Memphis on May 26 as Withen-31-onaum of Memphis. Earlier thought to be Professor Robert H. McNeily of Nashville, Vanderbilt University. Ten of the twenty three missing after the Norman steamer disaster remain unrecovered.
Roy Bonnett former local restaurant owner and pop manufacturer has become chef at the Palace restaurant on Main Street. He began duties a few days ago as the eatery switches to all American cooked foods with American day and night chefs replacing Greek cooks who resigned.
Foreign ministers in Moscow inspected the crown jewels to counter rumors of disappearance. Diplomats toured the state vault where the dazzling collection, valued at roughly £0,000,000, includes imperial crowns, scepters, bracelets, and stones.
Eugene Bresack age 18 of Wheeling West Virginia died soon after falling roughly ten feet from a roller coaster car. He reportedly suffered a broken neck as the string of cars neared the ground on the return from the high dips at Olle Wall General Hospital.
The Chicago and Northwestern Railroad announces a regular semiannual dividend of 2 percent on common stock and 3 1 4 percent on preferred stock, payable June 30 to shareholders of record June 6. Officials dispute any reports of changes to the common dividend.
The Shanon Real Estate Exchange of Salem led a lot sale in West Union West Virginia with Col Eddie Edmunds as auctioneer. W A Shields bought the house lot for 2700 and the three small tracts totaling about 25 acres at 37 per acre. Forty three lots sold from 35 to over 200 per lot averaging about 100, totaling about 8000. John Darnell and Smithburg merchants were among buyers.
Attorneys for Cornish and United Mine Workers requested a venue change citing prejudicial public opinion after a Glendale bombing. Judge Morris, after arguments, planned to overrule and proceeded with trial slated for that afternoon. Cornish among 20 indicted for inciting riot and conspiracy to harm non union miner Robert Crow.
Wheeling May 26 The Ohio Miners association reports no new breaks from United Miners to the independent group started at Pomeroy three weeks ago. Latest joiners include miners at the Forrest mine of Pittsburgh Coal Co in Powhattan Ohio. President Lee Hall cites widespread sentiment to adhere to the Jacksonville scale for steadier employment despite calls to renegotiate to the 1917 basis.
Five men held up a downtown Chicago loan bank, overpowered three employees, and escaped with diamonds and jewelry valued between 50 000 and 100 000 dollars. They bound the staff and cleared the stock. The bank, owned by Molph Gastman, sits near State and Madison, once called the busiest corner in the world.
In Charleston on May 26, about 200 families are targeted for eviction from Kelly's Creek Col ones houses as the Kelly's Creek Company files circuit court action. Hearings set for next week. UMW District No.1 chief Perry Low says the company repudiated a wage contract agreed with the union. The Kanawha field's sole large operation had been under union terms.
Paris May 26 M Berger treasurer of the French Royalist League of Action was shot through the head by an unknown man as he entered a subway station. A group followed him from the league office and one assailant fired. the gunman escaped. Loyalist leaders suspect an anarchist on Ninsthou.
Charleston officials announced that Elk Creek basin in Barbour and Har r counties would be cleaned up this summer. The game and fish commission authorized C A Cabel to send their coal company engineer to assess the mine for their first mine experiment. Chapmen of Carbon Puell Company has studied Elk Creek and toured Ohio to review the Travers filtration system, believed likely to be used at Elk Creek mine.
Bluefield West Virginia May 26 G E Buchanan state traffic officer was relieved after charges presented to the state board and local leaders urged removing all traffic officers. H Hiner of Charleston said the state police would fill the vacated posts as Bluefield Chamber protests a fee per arrest traffic system and seeks less severe enforcement.
Reports from Nichi Correla describe Mount Suwaseshima, an active volcano on Oshima, erupting with a huge rock tumbling down the mountain. Dwellings at the base were crushed while inhabitants fled to Sakashima Island amid the eruption.
Charleston May 26 The contention of Peter Smith that he was not a strike breaker but merely returned to work in the mine after expulsion by the Slavonic Catholic Union in Tucker county was upheld by the state supreme court of appeals. The decision affirmed that Smith must exhaust remedies within the society before seeking court relief and did not rule on the meaning of the term strike breaker.
Fucurist May 26 Roumania promises response to the American debt note within the week following a month long reception and a Washington reminder. Local notes mention residents visiting kin in Baltimore Maple avenue Nay household Shinnston and W Main street gatherings.
A May 24 gathering at Mr and Mrs Wilford Fordice home in Prantytown West Virginia honored Shroyer descendants from Indiana. Jacob B Shroyer aged eighty one attended with relatives Milton H Shroyer Hartford City Indiana Louis Shroyer Mill Grove Indiana and others from Moundsville West Virginia Philippia. The day included a bountiful dinner an informal music program and a businesslike afternoon.
A Lonilon May 26 report discusses Br. Geel Wabb-Johnson declaring that beauty seekers should avoid smoking and drinking. The author of Women and Beauty argues these habits harm appearance and temperament, claiming women are more unstable and susceptible to poor self-control when exposed to pipes cigars or alcohol.
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